Change backlight brightness
Opens the Hardware Keyboard options in Settings > Keyboard so you can change the backlight brightness controls.
Scripting Actions
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Change%20backlight%20brightness
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Change%20backlight%20brightness
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Change backlight brightness”
end tell
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